New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-05
FOR NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD
MEN
MR.. VANDERBILT AND Mr.. DEPEw SPEAK.

ANNIVERSARY OF THE BRANCH OF THE YOUNG
MEMS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
The good work that has been accomplished by the Kali
road Branch Of the Young Mems Christian Assocauo"
was set forth in reports and speeches at the overowng
meeting In CONNIE moraiion Of its tenth anniversary held
In the reading at the Grand Central station ihs'
evening Cornelius Vanderbilt, the chairman OF the Co
mttee of Management presided. and near him wes
Chauncey NJ Depew william +. Dodge. C. r. Huntington
and A. G. Warburton secretary OF the branch. hymns
were snng prayer was offered by the Rev. Dr. "a'NS'
and then Mr. Vanderbilt arose and said:
Ten Years ago last the attention Of few
the Grand entra station cae TO the fact that ng
existed three four point. IN te VEL sreer Of
the privileges extended Asa result meeting was cae
meeting asSe 6cd hundred persons principally r,
road AMI few @ Nor"mScT 80 1915 this hay
ing The raTO and and m ~
sums varying $40 to 90 cents was 1penr Az nrs
but month AMI year after ys a. the rS irna
been ga In as wear was IFS June 1879 Tho room
a. Thrtiethsi was opened In 1888 the number OF SUB
Ship numbered uding sItlehst In this " , aps
vicinity one year ago n stso"
New Durham Let US sops aa se IN eey Of these
wi" He sg ' IN mimi the | 1878 but four Rooms
had been opened the niiod States The %
statistics ar very nsritvS ana u Se'hS sisan Nssoa
ZION exists at railroad points AZ MY ,hree noa
reading rooms are open ~ Scr tsry and fourteen
these secretaries have assants hythrce have lt3l mn
on ont, insr TSE ro@S Ger"s s7os thirty have baths
sSs nearly report vaIUa' forms OF
religious mretgs song services cor goon be
Of having in of tho room an 'ent srcrGay
The aesoufe confidence and has that Christian n
s9 P Of snch an ocsr The work tins M not be-
gin 10 grow and show salts ac,ory results nnt' i ns
rscn, here his c@T. "a nasy a 9'
fully when after short illness IN June 1851 he was Gsvs
BY The Ma.sI to better w% narese s in hi. work
no it who arst showed IN what , an em Te,Ts
seGrS'Sry . SS% sary Mt
our ~ Ia nroycd woriv snccrs Mr.. so's
s vail sp as results sras for 'nre he must
much erathed as are the C1n,r o ma ers
As CHAIRMAN Ia express % HIN; to the asssan
rendered valuable and gwen much tine 10
this work nv thanks for The uniting Tho a.
sfactory results which have hat the e''"ro OIL 0''e'
stating this evening. Great appauNeI
william f. Dodge said that when first invited 10 pc
nresen ne had felt embarrassed by tho thought mat ne
had no place among railroad men, but on reflection ne n"
come TO perceive that he was one OF the most iTo''
men connected with a rairoad-a passenger. taushVe'I
railroad might have the best supciin'enuch.. ,o,
duclors engineers and hrakcmcn hut II II hah no Iasse
gers the Stockholders would have weary ums nv i -.
humorous description of the DELAYS on "a ~ w., 80
railroad IN old times. conphins tuc ld ~ ore tho
with the poor appliances ~ the past iie nun"
railway officials FOR engaging IN the Christian "ork ''H
had 50 pros prrcd IN this aSSOc1ailon. ..,..
secretary Warhurton real the annual report setting
forth that Jb.3Si visits had been hld W Tue Ir'""e
Inv railroad men In 1856. against 5O.S1p III 1881
lie dwclt upon the advantages ohrtch w
such pa, ~ resort with - washropns. dinhs onS
and H., Christian associations. ~ compared WIN llu
liquor and other places OF dcmoF"Ih'hS c"''
meter. 49,, IN
Then Chaunccy VI. Depew made speech thht keP, 'no
audrure i'm roar ant the people home IN the ~
of humor He said that he intended 10 hc hficf I'D o
same way that the secretary had been. who hhd clp7r ~
saving that he had MY bref t'cncut amer sl"aN
ing for nm hour Laughter He WAS
much pleased with the showing made ns
this association composed chiefly 81 men '",'nc,t
the New.York central Railroad. which drnohStrh''''
What be had long thought that that was the only rMpn
In The United states and all the others were Us hahe
Iaughtcrl lie gave amusing account 81 us cN"' =
while In Europe last Summer WIN his fanny 7" i'' u
StraShourg appointed time Ia sec the famous ,'N
lie offered the German conductor on the train ,"rh q.
twelve minutes latc months salary {" MAKE nP the ,l
II. .,,d reached after the clio K
had struck and the exhibition aiteudini
That occurrence Ho traced the "ond"rinl
Improvements IN railroad travel In THIS country sln
Peter Cnopcrs nr-t locomotive -iNty years AZ" va,
beaten in "A race with horse hccaus" the hnud ANppc on
The irving heel Of the engine lie couplincnici Mt
Vanderbilt on bis share the work Of tie as" ai"n
ana xpre..ed the hope that would 90 on ana inuuPf
ihe agrn les Tor improving the moral condition oi IAI
road employees only labor oi philanthropy n rs
an Insurance the wcLbclng OF the ralliuals lAo
selves and OF society.